Practical maths
Year 1 have had lots of fun working practically in maths. Their knowledge of place value within 100 is coming on wonderfully!
Tennis stars
Year 3 had a wonderful afternoon at Spital tennis club. They learnt many skills and had lots of fun. As always, they were wonderful representatives of The Howard.
We will rock you!
Wow! What a fabulous morning we have had! Our Rocksteady bands have shown great commitment over the past term perfecting their musical skills. Today they showcased bravery and courage performing to parents and then their peers. We are incredibly proud of you all. Rock on legends!
Transition day fun!
This week we have held our transition day. We were sad to loose our wonderful year 2 children but we were very excited to meet our new friends who will be joining us in class 2 in September. To get ready for our first topic, traditional tales, the children began by guessing what our topic would be…
Coding wonders!
Class 2 are reaching the end of their coding unit of work and their skills are impressive! Using scratch jr they can make images come to life with wonderful animations. They have learnt how to changed backgrounds, sprites (the characters), code individual sprites and add it altogether to create…
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Super Spellers!
We are absolutely thrilled to share some incredible news from the recent MAT Spelling Bee Final held at Richard Crosse!
The Howard was brilliantly represented by a formidable team of word wizards: four talented pupils from Key Stage 1 and eight superb spellers from Key Stage 2. Competing…
Tamworth small schools athletic competition June 2026
Our key stage two athletics team competed in the Tamworth small schools athletics competition. They showed excellent determination and sportsmanship with both their team and other schools. We are incredibly proud of them all. Out of 8 schools, we came 2nd! Amazing! Well done to everyone who took…
Twycross zoo
What a brilliant day we have had at the zoo! The children took part in a workshop called ‘Grubs up’ which complimented our school learning perfectly! The children enjoyed visiting all of the animals in the zoo and the sun shone for us all day! Well done to all of class 2 for being such wonderful…
A double day of celebrations!
A double celebration to remember! We began our day with a thought provoking assembly lead by Mr Challinor, who helped us reflect on the historical significance of VE Day. We then spent the morning engaging in activities to celebrate VE Day.
The afternoon was spent learning about David…
How do we use the toolbar?
Learning to use the Chromebook is very tricky but lots of fun! Today the children learnt how to type capital letters and investigated the bold, italic and underline tools on the toolbar. Great work everyone!
Budding historians
The children became wonderful historians putting clues together to answer the question, “What was life like in Tudor times?” The used their knowledge to make for sale posters for Tudor houses.
What can we do with a paintbrush?
This week we started our final art topic of the year. We are exploring our painting skills. The first lesson focused on brush strokes. We explored how different sized brushes could be used in different ways to create different effects. Lots of fun and learning!